Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2017;6, 1–3 doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjx116 Case Report

CASE REPORT

Clostridium perfringens’s necrotizing acute pancreatitis: a case of success Rita Castro*, Joana Mendes, Luís Amaral, Rui Quintanilha, Tiago Rama, and António Melo Department of General Surgery, Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, Ponta Delgada, Portugal *Correspondence address. Department of General Surgery, Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, Avenida D. Manuel I, Matriz 9500-370, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel – Açores, Portugal. Tel +351-91-985-6181; Fax +351-296-203-082; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract The authors report a case of a 62-year-old man with upper abdominal pain with few hours of onset and vomits. The initial serum amylase was 2306 U/L. The first CT showed signs of a non-complicated acute pancreatitis. He suffered clinical deterioration and for this reason he was admitted on the intensive care unit where he progressed to multiple organ failure in

Clostridium perfringens's necrotizing acute pancreatitis: a case of success.

The authors report a case of a 62-year-old man with upper abdominal pain with few hours of onset and vomits. The initial serum amylase was 2306 U/L. T...
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